Obesity and its prevention- vocabulary study

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(especially of children) fat in a pleasant and attractive way:
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chubby
chubby legs, chubby cheeks
to eat until you are unable to eat any more:
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gorge on
If you gorge yourself on snacks like that, you won't eat your dinner.
Kids gorge on ice-cream and sweets to cope with stress in their lives.
soft and fat:
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flabby
we will cover some of the best exercises for flabby arms
to get rid of extra kilos
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shed extra kilos
a lot of people are striving their best to shed those added kilos.
lose weight
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fight the flab
We must fight the flab and develop healthy habits
a person who watches a lot of television and does not have an active life
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couch potato
You're becoming a couch potato. You should get some exercise!
to do the same thing as someone else did previously:
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follow in sb's footsteps
She followed in her mother's footsteps, going on a diet.
to admire and respect someone:
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look up to
He'd always looked up to his uncle.
to do the same thing:
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follow suit
When one airline reduces its ticket prices, the rest usually follow suit.
Parents gorge on food to kill the pain of daily life and their children follow suit.
relating to the time when someone or something is starting to develop in character:
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formative
She spent her formative years in Africa.
in a way that is done without knowing or planning:
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unwittingly
I apologize for any anxiety which I may, unwittingly, have caused.
They observe their parents and unwittingly follow their example. Like mother, like daughter.
involving little exercise or physical activity:
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sedentary
My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary.
full of activity, or very busy and fast:
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hectic
have a hectic lifestyle
The hectic pace of life makes it impossible to lead a healthy lifestyle.
the cause or origin of something bad:
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root
cause orgin
We must get to the root of this problem. What is/lies at the root of the problem is their lack of interest.

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